Planting the Wild Garden

Eloquent text and stunning illustrations combine to explore the many ways seeds are distributed, including animals, weather and wind, human action, and even the plants themselves.

A farmer and her son carefully plant seeds in their garden. In the wild garden, many seeds are planted too, but not by farmers' hands. Different kinds of animals transport seeds, often without knowing it. Sometimes rain washes seeds away to a new location. And sometimes something extraordinary occurs, like when the pods of Scotch broom burst open explosively in the summer heat, scattering seeds everywhere like popcorn.

Kathryn Galbraith's lyrical prose seamlessly combines with Wendy Halperin's elegant, crisp illustrations to show how many elements work together through the seasons to create and sustain the wild meadow garden.

Publisher: Peachtree Publishers
Published: 04/05/2011
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 11.10h x 9.86w x 0.43d
ISBN: 9781561455638
Age: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 143697 / Planting the Wild Garden


Award: Parents Choice Awards (Spring) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner
Award: Cybils - Finalist
Award: Georgia Children's Book Award - Nominee
Award: Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Nominee
Award: Delaware Diamonds Award - Nominee
Award: Keystone to Reading Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2011
Booklist 04/15/2011 pg. 51
Publishers Weekly 02/14/2011
School Library Journal 06/01/2011 pg. 102
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Kathryn O. Galbraith grew up in Michigan with four brothers and several pets. The award-winning author of seventeen books, she taught writing for children at the University of Washington for nine years and has spoken at conferences across the country. She lives in Washington.

Wendy Anderson Halperin was born in Illinois and attended Syracuse University, Pratt Institute, and the California College of Arts and Crafts. She is the illustrator of over twenty-five books and also created the award-winning project Drawing Children into Reading. She lives in Michigan.